I wrote the title of this blog a few days back but since coming up with the title I just left the page blank...That's how unpredictable life has become.I plan to do something and end of doing something else & completed different from what was originally planned.. I work towards something and achieve something completely opposite. I strive for peace and end up with violent reactions.
Too many variables have been changing in my life now a days and I am not able to figure out what variable to keep constant and what variable to allow to float.
I guess in this complicated equation called life I need to let go of all the variables for a while and just rely on the simple addition and subtraction of my own experiences.
The way my life has mapped out so far has been so unpredictable that I cannot begin to fathom about it. The fact that I have already endured and seen my share of life and its pain that I sometimes treble with trepidation about my future.
But then on the other side the unexpected sweet returns which life seems to offer once in a while completed by surprise leads me to think and believe that life can't be that bad after all...
In the end it's I who decides what I want to do with my life and no one else...So the fear of not getting a good job after MBA is not going to govern how I lead my life...(Just an example).
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Term 3 @ AIM
As I reach the end of my first week of term 3 at AIM, I am compelled to glance at my time table for this term and shudder at the amount of free time I have been afforded by the curriculum.
After 8 months of hyper activity and packed daily schedule it seems an antithesis coming into term 3. On top of that it is such a far cry and a departure from the norm to be attending classes where there are only 12-13 students for a course.A month back we were a group of 45 strong...
Before I joined AIM, I was aware about the dichotomy of the first and the second year.My friends from engineering who were lucky or smart enough to get through to a B-School straight after engineering told me about their vellapan (absolute laziness and time wasting) in their second years in a B-School.
Well now that I am there in the same position and experiencing the same I can finally relate to what they meant.
Are my parents spending so much money so that I can blog in the middle of the day on a weekday instead of studying and attending classes...Well going by the look of things it seems so...
The school has seem to have lost it's buzz now a days...There seems to be a lack of activity around and even we guys are slacking a bit in our endeavor to liven up the atmosphere...
I guess now that most of my friends are back from India after a well deserved breather, we guys can go back to our old ways of enjoying by the poolside or at the beer garden chatting and drinking by the night to glory...
Also as much as term 3 affords so much spare time for me, it is also one of the more important semesters in terms of learning and honing up my skill sets...Also since the class size has shrunk to such a small number ranging from 11 to 32 in a class, I guess it's time I put my best foot forward academically too...
Here's to another eventful and memorable term at AIM...Hope it turns out to be the best of the lot...
Cheers...
After 8 months of hyper activity and packed daily schedule it seems an antithesis coming into term 3. On top of that it is such a far cry and a departure from the norm to be attending classes where there are only 12-13 students for a course.A month back we were a group of 45 strong...
Before I joined AIM, I was aware about the dichotomy of the first and the second year.My friends from engineering who were lucky or smart enough to get through to a B-School straight after engineering told me about their vellapan (absolute laziness and time wasting) in their second years in a B-School.
Well now that I am there in the same position and experiencing the same I can finally relate to what they meant.
Are my parents spending so much money so that I can blog in the middle of the day on a weekday instead of studying and attending classes...Well going by the look of things it seems so...
The school has seem to have lost it's buzz now a days...There seems to be a lack of activity around and even we guys are slacking a bit in our endeavor to liven up the atmosphere...
I guess now that most of my friends are back from India after a well deserved breather, we guys can go back to our old ways of enjoying by the poolside or at the beer garden chatting and drinking by the night to glory...
Also as much as term 3 affords so much spare time for me, it is also one of the more important semesters in terms of learning and honing up my skill sets...Also since the class size has shrunk to such a small number ranging from 11 to 32 in a class, I guess it's time I put my best foot forward academically too...
Here's to another eventful and memorable term at AIM...Hope it turns out to be the best of the lot...
Cheers...
Old Ties...
It feels so good when you talk to a school friend or someone whom you have known since school after a long hiatus. You don't need to explain them about your actions nor give them clarifications.
Also it so important to have friends from school since they are the one who actually know you when you were completely unspoiled and uncorrupted.
I am lucky to have at least a few friends from my school days with whom I can confide and actually discuss whatever is on my mind.
It feels so nice to relive those younger days even if through memory, but truly school days were really the "Wonder Years" of my life...
Chatted with Sambit today after a long while and as we discussed each others life, we could easily relate to what the other was trying to say.It was as if we didn't need to say anything to one another.I was understood...:)
Well now that's what I call friendship...
Also it so important to have friends from school since they are the one who actually know you when you were completely unspoiled and uncorrupted.
I am lucky to have at least a few friends from my school days with whom I can confide and actually discuss whatever is on my mind.
It feels so nice to relive those younger days even if through memory, but truly school days were really the "Wonder Years" of my life...
Chatted with Sambit today after a long while and as we discussed each others life, we could easily relate to what the other was trying to say.It was as if we didn't need to say anything to one another.I was understood...:)
Well now that's what I call friendship...
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2010...
The run up to the 31st of Dec 2009 was nothing but awesome. I spent the last 4 days of 2009 with awesome company at a beautiful beach. The venue been "Boracay"...Party capital of Philippines...
The place is beautiful and is filled with foreign tourist looking to have a good time. Now I know why most of my Filipino classmates don't like Boracay that mush.You'll find more foreigners there than localites.
Well coming back to my trip...Well the beach is beautiful but commercialized beyond scope. The sea water is clear blue and green mixture and the best part is you can go deep into the waters and still keep standing...It was the farthest I have been into sea water in my life.
The mornings were spent on the beach swimming,soaking up the sun and enjoying the views around and the evening were spent having a good time by the beach. The food was exquisite though expensive and the company I had was awesome.
The whole trip we just traveled a single length of road from our resort to the beach and back. Funny because I spend 5k for a to and fro trip and in the end managed to travel a patch of road to a beach.
Surprisingly this time the amount of alcohol intake was very less by my standards even though the alcohol prices were very reasonable considering the new year period.
The place itself was oozing with party atmosphere and where ever you looked people were genuinely happy...
Funny enough it was my first new years away from Mumbai and family and friends.I guess life has come a full circle with this year. It was the first time in 9 years that I celebrated a new year without even one of my D.J batch mates. Well I guess all good things in life come to and end sometime or the other.
The year 2009 has been a mixed bag with first having to deal with leaving Infosys, the football team and then Pune one by one.
Then came the best part of the year when I finally embarked on my long cherished dream of doing a MBA that too in a foreign country...
The time spent here in AIM has been one of the best in my life and will be forever a cherished memory.
My break up was ugly and I felt sorry for the whole thing to date but now I have realized people have their own ways of handling life and one can't be stuck up with the past or the future. I guess in 2010 I should leave behind all the bitter memories and just live life the way I know "care free" and be my own man.
The last 2 months of the year have been special and awesome thanks to my friends and Meg...
The trip to Baguio and then Boracay have been special to say the least and as the new semester approaches I look forward to giving my best in everything...
I guess the way to look is forward and not backwards...
So let 2010 be the year where what ever I do I'll do without either regret or guilt...
May this year bring all the happiness and success for one and all...
The place is beautiful and is filled with foreign tourist looking to have a good time. Now I know why most of my Filipino classmates don't like Boracay that mush.You'll find more foreigners there than localites.
Well coming back to my trip...Well the beach is beautiful but commercialized beyond scope. The sea water is clear blue and green mixture and the best part is you can go deep into the waters and still keep standing...It was the farthest I have been into sea water in my life.
The mornings were spent on the beach swimming,soaking up the sun and enjoying the views around and the evening were spent having a good time by the beach. The food was exquisite though expensive and the company I had was awesome.
The whole trip we just traveled a single length of road from our resort to the beach and back. Funny because I spend 5k for a to and fro trip and in the end managed to travel a patch of road to a beach.
Surprisingly this time the amount of alcohol intake was very less by my standards even though the alcohol prices were very reasonable considering the new year period.
The place itself was oozing with party atmosphere and where ever you looked people were genuinely happy...
Funny enough it was my first new years away from Mumbai and family and friends.I guess life has come a full circle with this year. It was the first time in 9 years that I celebrated a new year without even one of my D.J batch mates. Well I guess all good things in life come to and end sometime or the other.
The year 2009 has been a mixed bag with first having to deal with leaving Infosys, the football team and then Pune one by one.
Then came the best part of the year when I finally embarked on my long cherished dream of doing a MBA that too in a foreign country...
The time spent here in AIM has been one of the best in my life and will be forever a cherished memory.
My break up was ugly and I felt sorry for the whole thing to date but now I have realized people have their own ways of handling life and one can't be stuck up with the past or the future. I guess in 2010 I should leave behind all the bitter memories and just live life the way I know "care free" and be my own man.
The last 2 months of the year have been special and awesome thanks to my friends and Meg...
The trip to Baguio and then Boracay have been special to say the least and as the new semester approaches I look forward to giving my best in everything...
I guess the way to look is forward and not backwards...
So let 2010 be the year where what ever I do I'll do without either regret or guilt...
May this year bring all the happiness and success for one and all...
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